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it got so bad that the city took over, 'cause the city has a responsibility to protect its citizens. boston built the first modern sewer system in the united states. ours was completed between 1877 and 1884. with this wonderful new sewer system, we were taking our filth and moving it out to the ocean. of course, all of this was untreated. in the 1960s, we were still pumping all of our sewage out to moon island, untreated. we would get swimmers here, never knowing, in the middle of summer, why you would have a cold. well, we were swimming in diluted sewage. melosi: the major way to deal with pollution, at least until early into the 20th century, was through the process of dilution. the assumption was that the capacity of rivers and streams, and even the seas, allowed for certain levels of pollution that eventually would purify themself. as we get later into the 20th century, it becomes clear that the volumes of waste made dilution unworkable as a single solution. and so treatment became the ways in which we deal with pollution. narrator: to protect public health, starting in the 1950s
it got so bad that the city took over, 'cause the city has a responsibility to protect its citizens. boston built the first modern sewer system in the united states. ours was completed between 1877 and 1884. with this wonderful new sewer system, we were taking our filth and moving it out to the ocean. of course, all of this was untreated. in the 1960s, we were still pumping all of our sewage out to moon island, untreated. we would get swimmers here, never knowing, in the middle of summer, why...
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then a little less from new haven to new york city because we may get a winter mix during the day on friday. changing over to snow on the back side. as far as historic goes, the best chance of that happening, the coastal flooding, the damaging winds, hurricane force winds that would be on cape cod 'the i-95 corridor from boston to providence. if you're traveling there, you're not going to do it friday into saturday. that's a look at your national forecast. now here's a look at the weather outside your window. once again, washington, d.c., this will be a rain event when the storm comes in. most of friday. once you get up to philadelphia and new york city, we'll have to watch the rain turning into snow friday night. so this is a storm that's going to be historical, hopefully, it won't be too crippling. at least it's fast-moving. >> you being mr. silver lining, the ski resorts -- >> the ski resorts are e-mailing me. snowmobilers. plough drivers. >>> the ten most disliked athletes in america. and outraged at what some are calling a racist frat party at duke university. we'll show you the
then a little less from new haven to new york city because we may get a winter mix during the day on friday. changing over to snow on the back side. as far as historic goes, the best chance of that happening, the coastal flooding, the damaging winds, hurricane force winds that would be on cape cod 'the i-95 corridor from boston to providence. if you're traveling there, you're not going to do it friday into saturday. that's a look at your national forecast. now here's a look at the weather...
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that's the guy who gets his salsa from new york city. new york city? [ alarm chirps ] [ male announcer ] 'round here, there's only one word for salsa: pace. made the right way for that big bold kick. grab the southwest by the bottle. i took something for my sinuses, but i still have this cough. [ male announcer ] a lot of sinus products don't treat cough. they don't? [ male announcer ] nope, but alka seltzer plus severe sinus does it treats your worst sinus symptoms, plus that annoying cough. [ breathes deeply ] ♪ oh, what a relief it is! [ angry gibberish ] >>> we're going to turn now to our instant index on a sunday night. from the super bowl to the supercute. the puppy bowl, this is the ninth time they've done this, featuring rescue and shelter puppies. half time show feature not the puppies but some kittens. believe it or not, 111 million people tuned in to the super bowl last year, 9 million actually tuned in to the puppy bowl. we were impressed by that. >>> the other competitors tonight, samsung trying to make a play. this new ad during the gam
that's the guy who gets his salsa from new york city. new york city? [ alarm chirps ] [ male announcer ] 'round here, there's only one word for salsa: pace. made the right way for that big bold kick. grab the southwest by the bottle. i took something for my sinuses, but i still have this cough. [ male announcer ] a lot of sinus products don't treat cough. they don't? [ male announcer ] nope, but alka seltzer plus severe sinus does it treats your worst sinus symptoms, plus that annoying cough. [...
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the city we know today would not exist without him. everything that rudy giuliani and i have accomplished is built on the foundation that ed laid. it is a foundation that is strong and unshakable as his faith in the genius and beauty of new york and his faith in god. you will be happy to know that i have been to my biblical research. it is only fiction that this torah portion is about moses leading the jews out of egypt trad. ed was our moses, but with a little less hair. [laughter] he did not part of the red sea, but he broke out a strike i shouting words of encouragement. just as moses died before he reached the promised land, ed died hours before the documentary about him opened in theaters. leave it to him to maximize publicity about a film of his life. no one entered the theater of politics more than him. no one was ever better at it. as much fun as it was to watch him as mayor, the real show began when he left public office -- lawyer, professor, elevation the judge, restaurant reviewer, reform organizer, twitter user, even radio
the city we know today would not exist without him. everything that rudy giuliani and i have accomplished is built on the foundation that ed laid. it is a foundation that is strong and unshakable as his faith in the genius and beauty of new york and his faith in god. you will be happy to know that i have been to my biblical research. it is only fiction that this torah portion is about moses leading the jews out of egypt trad. ed was our moses, but with a little less hair. [laughter] he did not...
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her family in new york city heard from her for the last time on january 21st. the same day she was supposed to come home but never did. police already taking a number of people in for questioning as they have discovered her body. we have been reporting last night as many as 11 now each more than that still waiting for autopsy results. but they say it's clear a head injury caused her death. family friends today attending a prayer service in her honor in new york. lisa enforce of our fox affiliate wnyw. what is the latest on the investigation. >> questions. there has been no arrest that we know of so far in this case: mystery man with whom the mother of two had corresponded. who she had planned to meet that day that she disappeared. at a bridge there. he he told authorities according to published reports that he never actually met her that day. that she never showed up. so there is a lot of questions now about what happened from that point on until the point where her body was found. and the police chief as you mentioned in istanbul said she had a blow to her hea
her family in new york city heard from her for the last time on january 21st. the same day she was supposed to come home but never did. police already taking a number of people in for questioning as they have discovered her body. we have been reporting last night as many as 11 now each more than that still waiting for autopsy results. but they say it's clear a head injury caused her death. family friends today attending a prayer service in her honor in new york. lisa enforce of our fox...
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the housing projects in the poor neighborhoods in the city so it was something i had thought about actively since i was a little kid and so when it came into the supreme court i was interested in following that >> host: talking about the personal pieces i like to ask people their personal connection in the story when we get into the meat of it did you have a particularly stance on bus segregation? >> guest: i think they don't think about it and looking back to when i was looking at the reaction from the kids in the 70's when they started busting a lot of the kids would say i like it at this school. they didn't think about it but as i got older i started to think about not only going to schools and being surrounded by poverty that i didn't see in my neighborhood in the suburbs, but you know, at the same time in the schools that i had attended there was tracking so you have the regular program and in the advanced program they are close race on the class lines and so as a kid you absorb that and start to think about it and i remember being in high school one of the only class is i took was mix
the housing projects in the poor neighborhoods in the city so it was something i had thought about actively since i was a little kid and so when it came into the supreme court i was interested in following that >> host: talking about the personal pieces i like to ask people their personal connection in the story when we get into the meat of it did you have a particularly stance on bus segregation? >> guest: i think they don't think about it and looking back to when i was looking at...
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shot and killed the school bus driver, in midland city, alabama, near the border. the sheriff said the suspect felt like he had a story. now that story could remain a mid. -- remain a mystery. >> we were never able to actually find out what his story was. he just continued to -- we know it was very important to him and very complex. we were never able to discover what the story was. >> here's what we do know. the young boy is set to celebrate his sixth birthday this week and you can bet his relatives will be there with him. jonathan is live. some birthday plans on the agenda. >> that's right. video i want to show you from the nearby town of napier field. their city officials have been collecting birthday cards for the bow throughout the whole ordeal. his actual birthday is tomorrow but the celebration may come a few days later. school officials want to hold a big celebration, probably at the local high school football field to honor a boy who was well-loved long before he became the focus of the hostage standoff. >> never met a stranger. he put his arms around you,
shot and killed the school bus driver, in midland city, alabama, near the border. the sheriff said the suspect felt like he had a story. now that story could remain a mid. -- remain a mystery. >> we were never able to actually find out what his story was. he just continued to -- we know it was very important to him and very complex. we were never able to discover what the story was. >> here's what we do know. the young boy is set to celebrate his sixth birthday this week and you can...
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a turkey sandwich and watching sponge bob. >> tuesday night in midland city, the community came together for an early birthday celebration. ethan turns 6 on wednesday. kirk gregory, nbc news. >>> senate democrats on a retreat in maryland will get a visit from the president today to rally support for his second term budget including a request to delay spending cuts that kick in on march 1st. tracie potts has reaction from republicans and the latest nonpartisan budget forecast. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. the president says in order to delay the $85 billion in cuts coming at the end of this month, congress needs to pass yet another temporary fix while they continue working on a permanent budget. the focus for republicans is more spending cuts. that is likely where we expect to see a clash at some point. they want to see even deeper cuts than we've already seen. house speaker john boehner says it's the only way to fix our jobs problem in this country. meantime, the nonpartisan congressional budget office is predicting high unemployment continued through 2014 but, this is a big
a turkey sandwich and watching sponge bob. >> tuesday night in midland city, the community came together for an early birthday celebration. ethan turns 6 on wednesday. kirk gregory, nbc news. >>> senate democrats on a retreat in maryland will get a visit from the president today to rally support for his second term budget including a request to delay spending cuts that kick in on march 1st. tracie potts has reaction from republicans and the latest nonpartisan budget forecast....
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coach ran new york for 12 years and saved the city from financial ruin. former president bill clinton will speak at the service and represent the obama administration there also on wednesday, power ball. back again with a massive jackpot after nobody won this weekend. wednesday's drawing will be for an estimated $2,008,000,000 good luck if you are playing. that is how works reports on this sunday, february 3rd, 2013. so a lot of things to watch out for for this next week. keep it right here on fox news channel. i'm harris faulkner. ha a
coach ran new york for 12 years and saved the city from financial ruin. former president bill clinton will speak at the service and represent the obama administration there also on wednesday, power ball. back again with a massive jackpot after nobody won this weekend. wednesday's drawing will be for an estimated $2,008,000,000 good luck if you are playing. that is how works reports on this sunday, february 3rd, 2013. so a lot of things to watch out for for this next week. keep it right here on...
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the history of elevator technology evolves with the city. first elevators were installed for moving materials in the 1860's. in the 1870's, the first passenger elevator was installed, and that allowed building heights to go up to about seven floors. starting in the 18 eighties, 1890's, the first electric elevators were installed. that allowed for buildings to go up even higher, even more than 10 floors, and those were the first elevators that became representative of what we consider modern elevators today. >> so the height of buildings is related to elevator technology. >> both of these technologies encourage architects to build taller buildings. engineering and materials science provided a higher quality of steel to build with, and having passenger elevators meant it was the necessary anymore to climb a long flight of stairs to get to the top of the building. the elevator made the upper floors of the building more attractive than they were before. >> here we were at the historic st. francis hotel, which was actually a representation of the
the history of elevator technology evolves with the city. first elevators were installed for moving materials in the 1860's. in the 1870's, the first passenger elevator was installed, and that allowed building heights to go up to about seven floors. starting in the 18 eighties, 1890's, the first electric elevators were installed. that allowed for buildings to go up even higher, even more than 10 floors, and those were the first elevators that became representative of what we consider modern...
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the woman got the footage from the building across the street, showed it to the city, they apologized and refunded her fine. that is funny stuff. >> that's the video of the day. >>> the u.s. post office announce sad news this week, less main for everyone but jon stewart is not surprised, take a look. >> the u.s. postal service says delivering the mail on saturdays must stop if they are to survive. >> the postal service hopes the cuts will help it save some $2 billion annually after losing nearly $16 billion last year. >> wow. i can't believe the business model of transporting letters with vehicles across the country for 40 cents a pop is failing. so where do you want me to take that, hawaii? no, no trouble, i'll put out a plane and get it there in two days. you got a quarter? yeah i'll do it for a quarter. yeah, [ bleep ] it, i'll just do it. >>> everybody's excited for the snow. poor bill has to work all day tomorrow. his son william's birthday. >> maybe you can replace me, go to his birthday party for me. >> i'll be happy to do that. how many inches in new york? >> i'm going for 6 t
the woman got the footage from the building across the street, showed it to the city, they apologized and refunded her fine. that is funny stuff. >> that's the video of the day. >>> the u.s. post office announce sad news this week, less main for everyone but jon stewart is not surprised, take a look. >> the u.s. postal service says delivering the mail on saturdays must stop if they are to survive. >> the postal service hopes the cuts will help it save some $2 billion...
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this afternoon we'll see some of the rain moving into d.c. and then late today into new york city. tomorrow, minor travel impact. again, i think tomorrow morning, new york city to philadelphia, there will be slippery roads. >> all right. thanks so much, bill. >>> straight ahead, no power and a handful of working toilets equals misery for 4,000 carnival cruise passengers. >>> plus, a freshman senator gets slapped down by veteran colleagues. first look is back in three minutes. my bad. tell me you have good insurance. yup, i've got... [ voice of dennis ] ...allstate. really? i was afraid you'd have some cut-rate policy. nope, i've got... [ voice of dennis ] the allstate value plan. it's their most affordable car insurance -- and you still get an allstate agent. i too have... [ voice of dennis ] allstate. [ normal voice ] same agent and everything. it's like we're connected. no we're not. yeah, we are. no, we're not. ♪ ask an allstate agent about the value plan. are you in good hands? mommy's having a french fry. yes she is, yes she is. [ bop ] [ male announcer ] could've had a v8.
this afternoon we'll see some of the rain moving into d.c. and then late today into new york city. tomorrow, minor travel impact. again, i think tomorrow morning, new york city to philadelphia, there will be slippery roads. >> all right. thanks so much, bill. >>> straight ahead, no power and a handful of working toilets equals misery for 4,000 carnival cruise passengers. >>> plus, a freshman senator gets slapped down by veteran colleagues. first look is back in three...
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the woman got the footage from the building across the street, showed it to the city, they apologized and refunded her fine. that is funny stuff. >> that's the video of the day. >>> the u.s. post office announce sad news this week, less main
the woman got the footage from the building across the street, showed it to the city, they apologized and refunded her fine. that is funny stuff. >> that's the video of the day. >>> the u.s. post office announce sad news this week, less main
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the city right on that line. >> new york city plows and salt trucks are armed and ready to clear the city's almost 6,000 miles of roads. the storm will bring higher tides. >> many of the same communities that were in hurricane sandy's title sage, just about 100 days ago are likely to see some moderate coastal flooding this evening. >> many new yorkers are trying to leave work early. and then, they are the tourists. stuck in the storm, looking for a good time. >> doug watkins and his wife flew in, canceled flights kept some family members from joining them, but they have plans. >> we have tickets for a show tonight, so we are hoping we can make it over there and back and maybe walking through snow. >> you think it is going to go on? >> we are hopeful. >> jeffrey and tracy young are here from connecticut, which is expected to get more snow. >> we are down here for a show and we had nonrefundable tickets. >> you are the second person i met that said they are here for a show. what are you hearing? is the show going to go on? >> i hope so. the show always goes on, right? >> even if the th
the city right on that line. >> new york city plows and salt trucks are armed and ready to clear the city's almost 6,000 miles of roads. the storm will bring higher tides. >> many of the same communities that were in hurricane sandy's title sage, just about 100 days ago are likely to see some moderate coastal flooding this evening. >> many new yorkers are trying to leave work early. and then, they are the tourists. stuck in the storm, looking for a good time. >> doug...
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your task, fly to the city, find the child and deliver the incident. >> to tell us, we have our super resident -- >> zack. >> what's up, homey? start saving people in real life? >> not exactly. you saw the experimental group, where the people flew around. a control group of people who sat in a helicopter and the were delivered to the person. afterwards the people in the experimental group took them into a survey. the person who is telling them about it spilled over, and the people with suppowers were quicker to help the person out and pick up the pencil. >> i love that. >> we have just figured out thousand get world peace. >> through video games. >> you have completed your tank and saved the child's life. >> this next one -- >> you head to a party. inevitably, looks like they dumped a bunch in the center of plate. technology to the rescue, right? >> they're problem, they had all those chips without cheese and wanted to maximize their chip to cheese ratio. >> basically, cut your or tortilla chip put them in a mini muffin pan and make individual, like, nacho cups? >> exactly. and engine
your task, fly to the city, find the child and deliver the incident. >> to tell us, we have our super resident -- >> zack. >> what's up, homey? start saving people in real life? >> not exactly. you saw the experimental group, where the people flew around. a control group of people who sat in a helicopter and the were delivered to the person. afterwards the people in the experimental group took them into a survey. the person who is telling them about it spilled over, and...
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after a bus carrying high school students crashes into a city bridge. >> we have room in the back of the bus came into the back of the seat. >> in minutes missing the signs that could have helped prevent disaster. >> and a quiet town has a rowdy postal service. u.s. mail truck driver traffic violations as they speed through town. this government agency says it doesn't have to pay for breaking the law. why is that? >> i am harris falkner. an american hero who struck fear in the hearts of our enemies. gunned down thousands of miles away from the battlefield allegedly by a federllow soldiee was trying to help. he was fate logically shot alon another man at a texas gun range. a suspect a former marine turned his weapon on the other men. tonight we are learning more about that man the suspect 25-year-old eddy ray ruth a veteran who reportedly suffers from post traumatic stress disorder now facing multiple murder charges. we have been following the story. what do we know? >> chris kyle this american hero known as the u.s. mill tear remost lethal sniper and another man were both creeked at
after a bus carrying high school students crashes into a city bridge. >> we have room in the back of the bus came into the back of the seat. >> in minutes missing the signs that could have helped prevent disaster. >> and a quiet town has a rowdy postal service. u.s. mail truck driver traffic violations as they speed through town. this government agency says it doesn't have to pay for breaking the law. why is that? >> i am harris falkner. an american hero who struck fear...
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happens across the country and your city and my city. the problem is we don't have the legislation. we don't have legislatures who will step up and use their heart. you have a powerful position, but we have to use it. it's something about when you're the power, what did you do with it? if you read the legislation, if you had the committee meetings, how to stop people from being treated unfairly, then you've done your job. if you sit on the sideline and don't write legislation and don't get involved, but the way, the legislators in the city of philadelphia, my counterpart student rally behind me. they didn't have a demonstration. they didn't sit down with the mayor of our city and see you as one of hours. many years in the committee i took myself away from my family to support the community prior to becoming a police officer, chief, prior to becoming a share for the city. either way, when the lawsuit was going on is running for sheriff. last night so you don't have it. i police officers writing letters, seen as a terrible guy, terrible person, but a human being. why should anybody be
happens across the country and your city and my city. the problem is we don't have the legislation. we don't have legislatures who will step up and use their heart. you have a powerful position, but we have to use it. it's something about when you're the power, what did you do with it? if you read the legislation, if you had the committee meetings, how to stop people from being treated unfairly, then you've done your job. if you sit on the sideline and don't write legislation and don't get...
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growth of city, and in the suburbs you have neighborhoods becoming more diverse, and the inner cities you have the why'd middle class moving back, and there's opportunities, but forced busing is not going to be it. >> host: glad you mentioned that, if the sofort of demographic landscape shifted so much that it almost makes no sense to rely on moves of 50s and 60s, and it means something different in 1975, and you used new york city as an example. brooklyn or harlem now, even in the 09s. >> guest: yeah, absolutely. >> host: what i wonder is i'm interested in the parents before we change gears is sort of if the parents take account of those kinds of shifts, the policy shifts, demographic shifts, making demands in louisville k making demands for new approaches to education reform, are they factoring that stuff in or locked into a certain historical moment as well? >> guest: i think, i mean, for parents, whenever you talk to parents, they care about where their kid is going to go to school, and that's all. you know, i hear of people talking about parent involvement in schools, and parents
growth of city, and in the suburbs you have neighborhoods becoming more diverse, and the inner cities you have the why'd middle class moving back, and there's opportunities, but forced busing is not going to be it. >> host: glad you mentioned that, if the sofort of demographic landscape shifted so much that it almost makes no sense to rely on moves of 50s and 60s, and it means something different in 1975, and you used new york city as an example. brooklyn or harlem now, even in the 09s....
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coach ran new york for 12 years and saved the city from financial ruin. former president bill clinton will speak at the service and represent the obama administration there also on wednesday, power ball. back again with a massive jackpot after nobody won this weekend. wednesday's drawing will be for an estimated $2,008,000,000 good luck if you are playing. that is how works reports on this sunday, february 3rd, 2013. so a lot of things to watch out for for this next week. keep it right here on fox news channel. i'm harris faulkner. have
coach ran new york for 12 years and saved the city from financial ruin. former president bill clinton will speak at the service and represent the obama administration there also on wednesday, power ball. back again with a massive jackpot after nobody won this weekend. wednesday's drawing will be for an estimated $2,008,000,000 good luck if you are playing. that is how works reports on this sunday, february 3rd, 2013. so a lot of things to watch out for for this next week. keep it right here on...
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the ravens are taking the lombardi trophy -- back to term city after that 34-31 win over san francisco. the atmosphere in baltimore is still electric. >> fans are flocking to get their hands on souvenirs. >> the baltimore ravens became super bowl champions for a second time about 13 hours ago and fans in raven countries are wasting no time. this is dicks sporting goods in columbia, maryland. they decided to open their doors at 6:00 in the morning and there were people waiting to get in. this is some of the stuff they are selling. it was not an easy victory but it was a big victory in new orleans. these are the popular t-shirts. how'd you get the shirts on the shelves so soon? >> mcvey cent of -- they sent them to was tuesday of zero championship week. >> you guys decided to open your doors extra early today. how does he have been this morning? how you keep the shelves and tables stocked? this place is crazy with fans. >> we actually opened in an open air fashion and we keep the shelves stocked and get more merchandise delivered almost every hour. we had deliveries at 1:00 last night an
the ravens are taking the lombardi trophy -- back to term city after that 34-31 win over san francisco. the atmosphere in baltimore is still electric. >> fans are flocking to get their hands on souvenirs. >> the baltimore ravens became super bowl champions for a second time about 13 hours ago and fans in raven countries are wasting no time. this is dicks sporting goods in columbia, maryland. they decided to open their doors at 6:00 in the morning and there were people waiting to get...
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the city repeatedly lost $300 million in state and federal ait because the union basically refused to implement a rigorous teacher evaluation the union basically refuse to implement a rigorous teacher evaluation system. everybody has to be evaluated. everybody has to be held accountable, the way of the world but the fact union refuse to do this and very rightfully mike stood his ground to say no because they wanted the model to just be in place for two years that happened that the of the teacher would be removed and then be referred back the mayor said no. what is the point*? where is the public outcry for that? where are the people picketing in the streets to say you cannot deny our kids $300 million because you refuse to be held accountable to have a reasonable evaluation system in place. this is where students first is organizing everyday people like you. you have got to get involved in the process because the legislators in albany, the governor could solve the problems they need to hear from people like you you'll make your decisions with you contribute to the next campaign based
the city repeatedly lost $300 million in state and federal ait because the union basically refused to implement a rigorous teacher evaluation the union basically refuse to implement a rigorous teacher evaluation system. everybody has to be evaluated. everybody has to be held accountable, the way of the world but the fact union refuse to do this and very rightfully mike stood his ground to say no because they wanted the model to just be in place for two years that happened that the of the...
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and by far the healthiest place you could is in the city. manhattanites burned a third of the fossil fuels of people in dallas for example. to use a third electricity. why? their heating and cooling their neighbors, their apartments are touching. even more important than that mostly the less driving they are doing. transportation is the greatest smoke contributor to most civilians greenhouse gas. in our daily lives the biggest choice which may, when i build my house in washington, d.c. i make sure i cleaned the shores -- the shelves on the sustainability store. i got the bamboo flooring. i have a wood burning stove that supposedly a log burning in my wood burning stove contributes less co2 to the environment than if it were left to decompose in the forest naturally. but, of course, i have the energy saver like all. the energy saver labels saved as much electricity, or i should say states as much carbon in the year as moving to a walkable neighborhood saves in we. so the whole green gadget discussion, what can i buy to make myself more sustai
and by far the healthiest place you could is in the city. manhattanites burned a third of the fossil fuels of people in dallas for example. to use a third electricity. why? their heating and cooling their neighbors, their apartments are touching. even more important than that mostly the less driving they are doing. transportation is the greatest smoke contributor to most civilians greenhouse gas. in our daily lives the biggest choice which may, when i build my house in washington, d.c. i make...
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city, one of the poorer neighborhoods in the city. so it was something i thought about since i was a little kid. and so when the case went to the supreme court, i was obviously very interested in following it because it was personal. >> host: talk about the personal connection. i always like to ask that before we get into the meat of it. when you were busing to the inner city, did you have a particularly stance on the question of desegregation and school integrace. >> guest: when you're a kid you don't thing about it. when i was reading at the reaction of the kids in the the '7s when they started buzzing -- busing, a lot of the kids were saying, i like this school, and as i got older i started to think about not only going to schooled and being surrounded by poverty i didn't see in my neighborhoods in the suburbs, but then the school is attended, there was tracking so you had the regular program, honors, and then we had advance programs, and those were cut very closely along race and class lines. so as a kid we absorbed that and start
city, one of the poorer neighborhoods in the city. so it was something i thought about since i was a little kid. and so when the case went to the supreme court, i was obviously very interested in following it because it was personal. >> host: talk about the personal connection. i always like to ask that before we get into the meat of it. when you were busing to the inner city, did you have a particularly stance on the question of desegregation and school integrace. >> guest: when...
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time for them to go off to new york city, it wasn't the time for them to go off to philadelphia. but again, he was talked into it in terms of his duty. everyone said you are the only one who can make this new nation into a nation that will survive, and he believed that, and so he took it on. um, she came to believe that, but she still found it very hard -- found it very hard to forgive all of his political enemies who took advantage of his sense of duty to play all sorts of political games and tricks with him. .. it shows her on a platform receiving. but of course, she didn't do that. that is the 19th century re-imagination. actually, they received a plane, drawing room and she sat on the couch and often on the couch sat with her was abigail adams. abigail considered that her place to sit next to mrs. washington. they met people as they came in. they shook hands, but there was never the sense of a platform or thrown to raise them above. that was never the way that she looked at herself as the president's first lady. it was never the way that he looked at himself. they both had a
time for them to go off to new york city, it wasn't the time for them to go off to philadelphia. but again, he was talked into it in terms of his duty. everyone said you are the only one who can make this new nation into a nation that will survive, and he believed that, and so he took it on. um, she came to believe that, but she still found it very hard -- found it very hard to forgive all of his political enemies who took advantage of his sense of duty to play all sorts of political games and...
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in the city. >> jon: new york city and a lot of major cities have relatively strict handgun laws. >> right. >> jon: why is it that those are not working to stem the tide? is it because any other place that doesn't have the laws are the ones feeding them? >> precisely. 90% of the guns come from other states. the iron pipe lineup 95. southern states for the most part. you can have strict laws here. governor cuomo signed probably the strictest laws in the country. if everybody had that, it's fine. everybody does not have it and as a result guns can be purchased in other jurisdictions. >> jon: can you trace them? say somebody buys a gun in florida, south carolina, wherever it's and coming up 95 to us. it's used in a crime. when you get that gun are you able to trace that back to where they bought it? >> with some difficulty. atf, does that, but they are limited. they do not have and cannot have, as a result of congressional direction, a database that does that so they call the manufacturers. it's a very laborious and takes a lot of time to trace a gun. >> jon: if we could institute just
in the city. >> jon: new york city and a lot of major cities have relatively strict handgun laws. >> right. >> jon: why is it that those are not working to stem the tide? is it because any other place that doesn't have the laws are the ones feeding them? >> precisely. 90% of the guns come from other states. the iron pipe lineup 95. southern states for the most part. you can have strict laws here. governor cuomo signed probably the strictest laws in the country. if...
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u.s.s.r." >> the heart of the czech republic is the beautiful city of prague. today, it's the capital of a democratic state, but for more than 40 years...prague was under the thumb of moscow. because of the communist influence, one would expect that there would be a monument here to lenin. there is. but not to this lenin, one of the founders of communism, but to this lennon, one of the founders of the beatles. the people of prague call it "the lennon wall." it's covered with graffiti honoring the singer. >> i think it's neat how the city almost encourages it, 'cause in the united states, graffiti is more of a -- it's kind of looked at as not an art form. but in prague, all over the city, it's accepted as an art, which i think is interesting. >> graffiti has a special place in the hearts of people here. under communism, speaking out against government was forbidden, so graffiti was a form of political protest. when john lennon was killed in 1980, young people again turned to graffiti. to them, lennon stood for peace and artistic freedom. writing on the wall help
u.s.s.r." >> the heart of the czech republic is the beautiful city of prague. today, it's the capital of a democratic state, but for more than 40 years...prague was under the thumb of moscow. because of the communist influence, one would expect that there would be a monument here to lenin. there is. but not to this lenin, one of the founders of communism, but to this lennon, one of the founders of the beatles. the people of prague call it "the lennon wall." it's covered...
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all the little ma and pa stores in the bronx and the city that just the inventory change alone could break their backs, but it's nuts, so imperial to me. >> neil: what do you make of it, adam? >> well, 20 years ago i covered the story when mcdonald did away with the polly styrene clamshell. they went to a product not as good, but they and their customers survived and i expect you new yorkers will survive this ban as well. >> neil: dpchgerri. >> there's a money angle, in the house they banned styrofoam and costs went through the roof. and the bodegas on 6th and 48th and 47th can't afford to make this change, it's ridiculous. >> i started his soft drink move because, well, because we have socialized medicine in new york and if you're going to have socialized medicine you get to control what people, the poison that people put in their body, but it does seem that like he gets caught up in these, in these sort of nanny state issues like, for example, it's his way or the highway, we're going to have the new york city marathon. going to have runners run through staten island, devastated lik
all the little ma and pa stores in the bronx and the city that just the inventory change alone could break their backs, but it's nuts, so imperial to me. >> neil: what do you make of it, adam? >> well, 20 years ago i covered the story when mcdonald did away with the polly styrene clamshell. they went to a product not as good, but they and their customers survived and i expect you new yorkers will survive this ban as well. >> neil: dpchgerri. >> there's a money angle, in...
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and then in new york city again, we are going to see the rain change back over to snow later on tonight. the height of this storm is really tonight into early tomorrow morning in the northeast. >> thanks so much. >>> if you're looking for a comedy this weekend, you really only have one choice. jason basteman and melis ka mccarthy star in "identity thief." if you're dieing to bring back that loving feeling with goose and maverick you can check out "top gun 3d." >>> james kronwell was arrested for bursting into a board meeting. the actor along with peta were protesting the use of cats in experiments. >>> and here's bill murray sporting fantastic facial hair at a celebrity golf match. the caddyshack star slices and eventually lays down in a sand trap. >>> while the premiere of the "the walking dead" and the grammy awards air sunday night, access hollywood asks what will you be watching. it's neck and heck. >>> and finally the grammy awards are telling the guests to keep their breasts and guests to cover up. thong-like costumes are also a no-no. telling artists not what to wear is setting y
and then in new york city again, we are going to see the rain change back over to snow later on tonight. the height of this storm is really tonight into early tomorrow morning in the northeast. >> thanks so much. >>> if you're looking for a comedy this weekend, you really only have one choice. jason basteman and melis ka mccarthy star in "identity thief." if you're dieing to bring back that loving feeling with goose and maverick you can check out "top gun 3d."...
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the heaviest convective snow, the thunder snow, has stayed just east of new york city. so they probably will end up with maybe 6, something like that before it's said and done. we're windy overnight 20 to 30 gusting to 50. everybody into this wind advisory now unless you're in prince william county and you're down towards stafford county and spotsylvania county. this is the weekend. it's blustery tomorrow at least for the first part of the day. winds will be gusty, 35, maybe 40 miles per hour, taper off during the afternoon hours. sunday looks pretty good, a few clouds sunday, 48 degrees there. so if the clouds will hold off till later in the day, it should be real nice. winds are gusting 28 here, 45 for dulles and 28 mile-per-hour wind gusts for fredericksburg, 38 now, cold air to the north of us. it will drain in overnight. when you factor in the wind chill, it feels mainly like it's in the 20s, but it will feel like the single digits for the first part of the day tomorrow. a little patch of snow to the north of us. we may see a flake or two. 28 in town tonight, 23 ga
the heaviest convective snow, the thunder snow, has stayed just east of new york city. so they probably will end up with maybe 6, something like that before it's said and done. we're windy overnight 20 to 30 gusting to 50. everybody into this wind advisory now unless you're in prince william county and you're down towards stafford county and spotsylvania county. this is the weekend. it's blustery tomorrow at least for the first part of the day. winds will be gusty, 35, maybe 40 miles per hour,...
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, no one from the city government was criminally charged. the move was a philadelphia- based radical movement that was dedicated to black liberation and a back to nature lifestyle. it was found by john africa, and all its members took on the surname africa. the sole adult survivor of the bombing, ramona africa, told "democracy now!" what had happened as the drawn -- as the bomb was dropped on her house. >> after we were attacked with hoses by the fire department and then tons of tear gas, then being shot -- the police admit to shooting over 10,000 rounds of bullets at us in the first 90 minutes -- there was a lull. it was quiet for a little bit. and then without any warning at all, two members of the philadelphia police department's bomb squad got in a pennsylvania state police helicopter and flew over our home and dropped a satchel containing c4, a powerful military explosive that no municipal police department has. they have to get from the federal government, the fbi. without any warning or announcement, they dropped that bomb on the roof
, no one from the city government was criminally charged. the move was a philadelphia- based radical movement that was dedicated to black liberation and a back to nature lifestyle. it was found by john africa, and all its members took on the surname africa. the sole adult survivor of the bombing, ramona africa, told "democracy now!" what had happened as the drawn -- as the bomb was dropped on her house. >> after we were attacked with hoses by the fire department and then tons of...
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the trains are moving -- running york city, not any further than that. >> across the northeast, warning that the blizzardrepare for the is passed. time to stay safe. cars were ordered off the streets in boston. probably see that picking up, only -- is starting to let. it keeps intensifying. it seems yes, for the most part, are staying off the streets. only vehicles we will see occasional snow plows. they're listening to the emergency officials when them to stay inside. this is a 19 car pileup friday portland, maine. there are no serious injuries, but it drives some of the people to stay off the roads. the nor'easter moving into the could affect millions. boston, is now emergency has been put into place. the mayor had this message for residents. is a storm of major proportions. stay home.e roads, let the public works crews do their job. has declared a state of emergency. official said a plethora of snow clearing units will hit the but one that does not mean people should take unnecessary risks. at airports, thousands of been cancelled. >> most of the flights have been cancelled. maybe i
the trains are moving -- running york city, not any further than that. >> across the northeast, warning that the blizzardrepare for the is passed. time to stay safe. cars were ordered off the streets in boston. probably see that picking up, only -- is starting to let. it keeps intensifying. it seems yes, for the most part, are staying off the streets. only vehicles we will see occasional snow plows. they're listening to the emergency officials when them to stay inside. this is a 19 car...
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the 22 students come from all over new york city. it's really a chance for them get hands on into making art because a lot of the art programs have been cut from schools here. i'm teaching the wearable technology course. so we're looking at different ways that technology can be made wearable. today we're going to be starting work on our final garments. >> like four on the thing and two on the side. >> today is the first day that the students are working on their final projects. so they're basically putting together all the elements that they've been learning in our sort of introductory classes to create garment of their own design. >> each piece of the l.e.d. strip needs to be connected to the battery pack. >> it's going to come out through here. i'm going to make everything hook on. >> when i'm working with students, i like to start by demoing a technology for them and showing them how the technology works. >> we're going to sew a loop around this strip like this. there is a little bit of magic in how electronics works and this gets
the 22 students come from all over new york city. it's really a chance for them get hands on into making art because a lot of the art programs have been cut from schools here. i'm teaching the wearable technology course. so we're looking at different ways that technology can be made wearable. today we're going to be starting work on our final garments. >> like four on the thing and two on the side. >> today is the first day that the students are working on their final projects. so...
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on the street, in the restaurant. >> yes! >> yes! >> of course, they sent the video to bruno mars' "marry you." >> i think i want to marry you. >> are you serious? >> you said to pick somewhere unique. >> not here. >> why are they doing this? >> why not do it, because you can get a lot of free stuff. if you're, like, a starving couple out there, go to a restaurant and do a fake proposal. >> seriously. they're getting a ton of attention. >> thank you so much. it's an 85 carat. i do, i do. >> throughout the video he actually just proposes to just random people on the street. >> will you marry me? please? i can help you take care of the baby. we first met here in grand central. >> i love him, because he's playing along. >> yes, yes. >> either in the library -- being very quiet. [ whispering ] >> will you marry me? >> thank you. >> look at this old lady. he's crying. >> oh -- >> that makes me feel bad, a little bit. >> the thing that really sucks, when they really get engaged, you did it already, like, ten times. >> everywhere. d
on the street, in the restaurant. >> yes! >> yes! >> of course, they sent the video to bruno mars' "marry you." >> i think i want to marry you. >> are you serious? >> you said to pick somewhere unique. >> not here. >> why are they doing this? >> why not do it, because you can get a lot of free stuff. if you're, like, a starving couple out there, go to a restaurant and do a fake proposal. >> seriously. they're getting a ton of...